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XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
[Adenanthera. 
(2) A. bicolor Moon Cat. PI. Ceyl. 34; Baker, in Hook. fd. 
F.B.I. ii. 287; Brain , l.c. 243; Trimen FI. Ceyl. ii. 120, pi. xxxiv . 
Tree 20 to 80 ft. tall. Leaf 6 in. long; petioles 1*5 to 2-5 in. 
long; rachis 3 to 5 in. long; pinnae 6 to 8 opposite, 2*5 to 4 in. 
long; leaflets alternate 8 to 10 ovate or elliptic, base round, tip 
acute, sub-coriaceous, glabrous above, puberulous beneath, 75 to 
1‘5 in. long, - 5 to 75 in. wide. Racemes axillary or panicled 3 to 
5 in. long. Flowers *15 in. long on pedicels as long. Calyx green. 
Corolla white; petals elliptic-lanceolate. Stamens exsert. Pod 
4 to 6 in. long, - 6 in. wide, 7 in. thick contort when ripe. Seeds 
8 to 10, lenticular, *35 in. wide, black and red (nearly all red). 
Hab. Lowland woods. Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Bukit Timah. 
Malacca, Sungei Hudang. Selangor, Ulu Sapetang. Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler); Asam Kumbang (Wray). Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). 
Distrib. Ceylon. 
60 . ENTADA, Adans. 
Woody climbers with tendrils. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers in 
narrow dense racemes, minute, shortly pedicelled. Calyx cam- 
panulate 5-toothed. Petals narrow, falcate, linear. Stamens 8 to 
10, free shortly exsert; filaments filiform; anthers crowned with 
a gland. Ovary many-ovuled; style filiform; stigma concave. 
Pod woody or coriaceous of many discoid or oblong one-seeded 
joints. Seeds orbicular or sub-triangular. 
Leaves all green; pod straight, woody, indehiscent . (1) E. Schefferi 
Leaves glaucous beneath; pod spiral, coriaceous dehiscing 
into joints.(2) E. spiralis 
(1) E. Schefferi Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1920, p. 195. E. Pursaetha 
Schiff. Obs. Phyt. iii. 90, t. xvi., xviii. A, not of DeCandolle. 
A large woody climber often 6 in. through at base. Branches 
slender, quite glabrous. Leaves with petioles 2 in. long; rachis 
ending in a tendril; pinnae 4; leaflets green on both sides, sub- 
coriaceous, blunt usually obovate, base narrowed, tip broadest 
1 to 2 in. long, ‘6 to ‘8 in. wide, quite glabrous. Spike 6 to 8 in. 
long, simple, densely-flowered. Flowers 'i in. or less; rachis 
puberulous. Bracts minute acuminate persistent. Calyx small 
cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals yellow, narrow-lanceolate, acute. 
Pod straight not breaking into lobes, 27 ft. long, 3 in. wide, with a 
very thick woody suture, edge slightly indented between the seeds. 
Seeds 13 to 15, flat ellipsoid, i’25 in. long, 1*15 in. wide, ‘25 in. 
thick, dark brown. Hab. River-banks covering the trees and 
bushes, local but abundant where it occurs. Muar, Sungei Pauh 
(Fox). Pahang, Pekan. Perak, Temengoh River; Haram (Scorte- 
chini); Telok Anson (Kunstler). Tringganu, Bundi (Rostado). 
Kelantan, Kota Bharu in a village. Penang (Wallich), Ayer Hitam 
(Curtis). Distrib. Java. Native name: Akar Beluru or Blu. 
Use: The bark used for soap. 
